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Author Rebecca Watson reads from and discusses her new novel, I Will Crash

Rebecca Watson is a novelist. Her first book, little scratch (2021), was shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize and the Desmond Elliott Prize and adapted into a play with sell-out runs at Hampstead Theatre and New Diorama. Watson was chosen as one of the Observer's 10 best debut novelists of 2021 and as a New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice.

Her second novel, I Will Crash, was published in July 2024 to critical acclaim, with the Observer hailing her as a 'one-of-a-kind storyteller'. Her non-fiction has been published widely, including in the Guardian, the TLS, Granta and British Vogue. In 2022, she presented a documentary for Radio 4 — where her short stories have also aired.

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Rebecca Watson interviews Claire Keegan for Hay’s book club. Sign up here: https://www.hayfestival.com/p-22503-hay-festival-november-book-club-small-things-like-these.aspx

Jo Hamya and Rebecca Watson discuss their second novels, and take the stage for an insightful conversation that explores the complicated intersections of family, identity and societal expectations through the lens of millennial experience. The two rising literary voices will discuss how their novels navigate the often fraught territory of personal battles that define a generation. Tickets here.

To celebrate the launch of our new Faber Members Edition of Golden Hill, join Francis Spufford who will be in conversation with Rebecca Watson to talk about this, his debut novel, and his other work including his latest novel, Cahokia Jazz. Tickets here.

Join us in welcoming Tawseef Khan in conversation with Rebecca Watson, to discuss his debut novel Determination, a heart-breaking, honest, and deeply important story doubling as a trenchant political critique of UK immigration. Tickets here.

In the International Booker Prize-shortlisted What I’d Rather Not Think About, Jente Posthuma introduces a twin whose brother has taken his own life, while in I Will Crash, Goldsmiths Prize-nominated Rebecca Watson writes about a sister whose brother re-enters her life many years after their relationship broke down. Join these two talented novelists as they discuss grief, forgiveness, and the complexity of love with Barry Pierce. Tickets here.

We're thrilled to welcome Rebecca Watson to the bookshop to discuss her latest novel, I Will Crash. From the author of the acclaimed little scratch comes a powerful novel about how we love, how we grieve and how we forgive and we're really looking forward to hearing more about it. Watson will be in conversation with fellow writer Daisy Lafarge.

This event will take place in the bookshop with an in-person audience. There will be a signing after the event.

Tickets: https://www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/rebecca-watson-i-will-crash

Join us on Wednesday 24th July, 7pm, when Rebecca will be in conversation with Jordan from the bookshop, before answering questions from the audience and signing copies of the book.

Tickets are £6 standard admission/ £17 inc. a copy of I WILL CRASH and complimentary drinks will be provided.

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Doors: 6.30, starts: 6.45

Tickets start from £4.00. I WILL CRASH will also be available to purchase on the night and Rebecca will be signing copies after the talk.

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Rebecca Watson, the acclaimed author of little scratch, joins us to speak about her latest powerful novel I Will Crash. She will be discussing the book with the bestselling author Monica Heisey, whose hilarious and painfully relatable debut novel Really Good Actually has enchanted readers since its publication. Tickets here: https://dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/events/rebecca-watson-in-conversation-with-monica-heisey/

Rebecca Watson‘s debut novel little scratch made an absolutely indelible mark when we first read it back in 2021, and so we’re delighted that we’re able to bring the author to Bristol for the release of the follow-up, I Will Crash!

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6:30pm doors for a 7pm start, £3. Refreshments available: https://www.thebookhive.co.uk/event/rebecca-watson-sarah-perry-i-will-crash/

Three of the most arresting voices in contemporary fiction will join us at The Bindery for an evening of rooftop drinks and readings. Lucy Caldwell will read from her third and much-anticipated collection of short stories, Openings; Ingrid Persaud will read from The Lost Love Songs of Boysie Singh and Rebecca Watson will treat Members to an excerpt of I Will Crash. Tickets here.

International panel exploring different approaches to football writing in literature: from novels to fanzines, journalism to poetry. Speakers include Nottingham Forest fan and author of little scratch, Rebecca Watson. Kit Holden is a Berlin based journalist and author whose first book followed the club and fans of ‘kult’ club Union Berlin as they made it into the Bundesliga. His latest book about German football will be published in 2024. We're thrilled to welcome David Conn back to the festival. David is an investigative journalist who writes for The Guardian and has written four books on football, most recently The Fall of the House of Fifa. https://www.footballfansfestival.com/01-june/football-writing-from-around-the-world-ysgrifennu-pl-droed-o-bedwar-ban-byd

We invite you to the Red Wheelbarrow bookshop in Paris at 2 PM on Wednesday 7th of June 2023 where award-winning author Rebecca Watson will be participating in a reading of her novel, little scratch. The reading will be followed by a Q&A and an experimental writing workshop designed for emerging writers.

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An interview with Emma Jones about Nottingham Forest and Watford.

Based on the true story of an unsolved mystery, Sophie Mackintosh’s new novel, Cursed Bread (Hamish Hamilton), centres on a small village community upturned by the arrival of a glamourous couple. Jo Hamya calls the book‘sensuous and haunted, like Madame Bovary reworked as a ghost story’.

Mackintosh will be in conversation with Rebecca Watson, author of Little Scratch (Faber).

Tickets here.

Launching on 6 October 2022, Art on the Underground and Kerber Verlag present a new publication on the work of Alexandre da Cunha at Battersea Power Station, to celebrate one year on from the station’s opening. Alexandre da Cunha will be in conversation with Lisa Blackmore, Senior Lecturer in Art History and Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Essex. Writer Rebecca Watson will read from her creative prose work, ‘That Pink’, which features in the book.

In conversation with acclaimed theatre director Katie Mitchell, these powerful contemporary voices explore the promise and the limitations of #MeToo and the potential of new writing to inspire change.

Join authors Claire-Louise Bennett (Checkout-19) and Rebecca Watson (little scratch) in conversation, on Zoom. (Free) tickets here.

These two brilliant experimental debuts break apart the form of the novel itself to invite fresh perspectives on tough themes of sexual violence, systemic racial abuse and class oppression. Natasha Brown’s Assembly  and Rebecca Watson’s little scratch may be slight in page count, yet contain multitudes to unpack about the contemporary lives of women. Tickets here.

Three of the best debut novelists of recent years, each shortlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize in 2021: Eley Williams (The Liar’s Dictionary, Penguin), Rebecca Watson (little scratch, Faber) and A.K. Blakemore (The Manningtree Witches, Granta) will discuss their experiences building their careers, developing their first manuscripts, finding an agent, and negotiating the world of publishing as debut novelists. Tickets here.

Debut novelists Lianne Dillsworth, Rebecca Watson and Keiran Goddard talk about their first works and their approaches to writing, under the chairmanship of FT critic Suzi Feay.

Writer Rebecca Watson takes a 21st-century dip into literary stream of consciousness for Radio 4. Listen here.

Join one of The Observer’s 10 Best Debut Novelists of 2021, Rebecca Watson, in conversation with Fiona Lindsay, for a virtual event to celebrate the paperback publication of little scratch.

The six writers shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize 2021 reading from and discussing their novels. With readings from Claire-Louise Bennett, Natasha Brown, Keith Ridgway, Leone Ross, Isabel Waidner and Rebecca Watson.

A virtual event with Rebecca Watson, author of little scratch, and Colin Barrett, author of Young Skins. You can watch back the conversation here.

10@10: New writers – little scratch

Rebecca Watson's book traces a day in the life of an unnamed woman, living in a world of demarcated fridge shelves and office politics, clock-watching and WhatsApp communication. Underneath this monotony, at every minute along the way, ideas about sex, violence, survival and comedy intertwine. Fearless and playful, the book explores how our minds function in – and survive – the darkest moments.

Thea Lenarduzzi is a commissioning editor at the Times Literary Supplement. Tickets here.